Every four years I look forward to watching the Olympics. If you watched this year's opening ceremony, you may or may not have noticed the entrance of the tiny Oceanic island nation of Tuvalu, who sent three athletes to what was only their second trip to the Olympic games. I tell you all of this because if you were watching NBC's coverage in the US (unfortunately NBC is the only option here, so I'm not sure about the commentary of others) you probably heard them say that Tuvalu is known for its domain, .TV, which has become popular around the world.

We have added another new TLD to the Dynadot family: .LA! .LA is the ccTLD of Laos, a country located in Southeast Asia with a population of 6.5 million. Like many ccTLDs, .LA is open to everyone, giving it endless possibilities. The city of Los Angeles, often known by the acronym "LA," has adopted the .LA domain as it's own. Registering a .LA domain can be a great way to open up your business to the 3.8 million people in Los Angeles and the almost 18 million people in the greater Los Angeles area.

It was called the "seven minutes of terror," the amount of time it would take for the most complicated landing ever attempted – and it was attempted from 154 million miles away. Last night, history was made when NASA's Mars Rover dubbed "Curiosity" landed successfully on Mars.

The landing involved a new process that was seen as riskier than past landings and last night it was put to the test. The first pictures from Curiosity's historic journey were transmitted only minutes after it landed on the surface of Mars (one of which you can see to the right courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech).

Last week, Team Dynadot sent it's marketing team to SEOmoz's annual MozCon event. If you aren't familiar with SEOmoz, they specialize in search engine optimization (SEO) software, tools, and tutorials. You can check out their website at seomoz.org for more information. MozCon is an annual gathering of their community of SEOs. The event features industry-leading speakers from SEOmoz, SEER Interactive, Distilled, and more. There was a lot of great information from the many speakers, but there are a few things that stuck out for us and we wanted to share them with you, our awesome customers.

No one likes receiving spam emails or junk mail, but it seems like no matter what you do, you just can't get away from it. Here at Dynadot, we offer at least one more way to combat this rampant problem: domain privacy.

If you own a domain, ICANN, the non-profit organization that oversees the Internet, requires that your email address, mailing address, and phone number be made publicly available. This means your personal or business contact information is available for anyone - including spammers - to find via a Whois lookup. The Whois lookup is often used by spammers and junk mailers to create their mailing lists.

This year, Dynadot is celebrating the London Summer Olympics by taking 10% off 2 year registrations of .CO.UK. Use code LONDON2012, which will be available only during the games themselves: from today, 7/27 - 8/12/12 23:59 PDT.

.CO.UK is the ccTLD for the United Kingdom and the fourth most popular TLD in the world, just behind .COM, .DE, and .NET! It is the best way to establish yourself in the UK and reach it's over 62 million inhabitants. Registering your .CO.UK gives you credibility in the region – even Google will rank your website better for queries coming from the UK.

A big congratulations goes out to .ORG! They recently hit their 10 millionth domain registration with the registration of JADforum.org, the domain for the Jordan River and Dead Sea Basic Forum (JAD). The organization is dedicated to advancing sustainable and regional development of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea Basin areas.

This type of organization is exactly what .ORG is all about. .ORG has become the place where people turn to find credible information, get involved, and fund causes online.